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CASE CIVICS 



A GUIDE TO 



CITIZENSHP 




FOR SCHOOLS 



Originated in Idea and Arranged in Form by 

FRED D. CRAM 

County Superintendent of Schools 
MASON CITY, IOWA 



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CASE CIVICS 



A GUIDE TO 



CITIZENSHIP 




FOR SCHOOLS 



Originated in Idea and Arranged in Form by 

FRED D. CRAM 

County Superintendent of Schools 
MASON CITY, IOWA 



(Copyright Applied For, 1918) 

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INTRODUCTION 



1. This is not a text book. 

2. In itself, it is not informative, in general. Use text books and 

other outlines containing information. 

3. This outline is not, I think, adapted to pupils' use, though copies 

may be put into the hands of pupils if the teacher so desires. 

4. While the booklet is arranged for a half year's work, day by 

day, the order need not be religiously followed. 

5. The work is not graded. It is hoped to grade the material later, 

when a second half year will be added. 

6. Teachers will think of many additional questions; the ones given 

are by no means exhaustive. 

7. Pupils are expected to secure much of the information from orig- 
inal sources: 

(a) One another. 

(b) Parents. 

(c) Neighbors. 

(d) Local officials. 

(e) County officials. 

(f) State officials. 

8. Except in case of discussion of roads, and the postoffice, the 

outline does not go beyond state government. In preparing 
pupils for Eighth grade examinations, do not forget the Federal 
Government. 

9. Teachers will find it necessary to be prepared ahead, to use this 

scheme intelligently. 

10. Please suggest to me such improvements herein as you believe 
would be helpful. 

11. The time limits are of value. Adhere to them when absolute, 
and use judgment when permitted to vary from the schedule. 

FRED D. CRAM 

October 23, 1918. Mason City, Iowa. 



CASE CIVICS 



FIRST WEEK 

First Day 

A boy on his way to school stopped at a neighbor's, to get a 
drink. He was tardy. 

Should he be marked "Tardy" by the teacher? 

(Discuss two minutes) 

NOTES 



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FIRST WEEK 

Second Day 

A girl on her way to school saw a bird caught by a string, so 
that he could not fly. She helped the bird to get free, but lost so 
much time that she missed the opening exercises. 

1. Should she be marked tardy? 

2. Should she be required to make up the work missed? 

(Discuss from five to ten minutes.) 
NOTES 



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FIRST WEEK 
Third Day 

A boy in town stepped on a piece of glass lying on the side 
walk. He angrily kicked the glass into the street. 



Did he do right? 

(Discuss five minutes.) 
NOTES 



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FIRST WEEK 
Fourth Day 

A man driving an automobile struck a rock in the road. One 
of his dash lights came loose, and he got out to tighten it up. 

1. What else might he do while out of the car? 

2. Who is responsible for rocks in the road? 
(Discuss No. 1 two minutes. No. 2 will bring out 
duties of road supervisor, trustees, and county sup- 
ervisors, and also each citizen's responsibility for 
good roads. Discuss at least eight minutes — and eee 
that a lesson is taught.) 

NOTES 



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FIRST WEEK 

Fifth Day 

A friend of mine often picks me up and brings me down town 
in his automobile. He is more likely to do this in the summer 
time, or pleasant days, than in winter time, or bad days. 

What do you think of this? 

(Discuss five minutes being sure to get both viewpoints.) 

NOTES 



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SECOND WEEK 
First Day 

One day, as I was driving off a school ground where I had 
been visiting the school, a boy threw a rock that struck my car. 

1. Why should he not have done this? 

2. What should I have done? 

3. What should his classmates have done? 

4. What should his teacher have done? 

5. Is there anyone else who should be interested in the mat- 
ter? Who? 

(Discuss ten minutes) 

NOTES 



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SECOND WEEK 
Second Day 

There is a boy in school who does not like his teacher. All 
other pupils like her, but he is always hurting their feelings by 
saying disagreeable things about her. 



What should the other children do? 
(Discuss five minutes) 
NOTES 



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SECOND AVEEK 
Third Day 

One muddy day, two boys applied for an office job in a large 
factory. One of the boys removed his rubbers before entering the 
office; the other did not, for he noticed that the office employees 
did not remove their rubbers till they got to the cloak room. 

Which boy should the manager select, and why? 

(Discuss five to ten minutes) 

NOTES 



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SECOND WEEK 

Fourth Day 

A ragged boy with clean face and hands, and a dirty faced boy 
with fine clothes appeared at a man's desk to apply for the same 
job, at the same time. 

Which should he take? 

(Discuss five minutes, unless children grasp compli- 
cations, then give ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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SECOND WEEK 

Fifth Day 

A boy whom I know once wanted to go to grandma's on a bitter 
cold day. His parents did not want him to go. After doing much 
coaxing, he was permitted to make the trip. On the way home, he 
froze one of his ears. 

Who was to blame? 

(Discuss eight to ten minutes. Carefully guard 
discussion of parents.) 

NOTES 



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15 



THIRD WEEK 



First Day 



A law was enacted in Iowa requiring owners of lots lying just 
off streets newly paved to pay a small part of the improvement ex- 
pense. For instance, Lot C is assessed for paving on Street 2. 



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Give a good feature of this law. Give one weak point. 
(Discuss ten minutes.) 



NOTES 



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THIRD WEEK 
Second Day 

An automobile driver left the hard packed snow of the middle 
road, getting into the soft snow at the side. In order to get back 
into the road, he had to cut out a large section of the hard snow 
from the roadway. This made a large hole in the road, which would 
be bad for other drivers. 

What could he do to put the road in shape? 

What else could be done? 

(Discuss five to ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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THIRD WEEK 
Third Day 

Why should a horse be blanketed when required to stand in 
the cold? 



(Discuss five minutes.) 
NOTES 



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THIRD WEEK 
Fourth Day 

A man was on the way to work one morning, happy and con- 
tent. His job brought him twenty dollars a week. His employer 
liked him, and expected him to stay for the next year, which he had 
partly promised to do. A friend offered him twenty-five dollars a 
week, if he would begin work the next morning. 

1. What should you have done? 

2. Was it right for the other man to" offer him the job? 

(Discuss ten minutes.) 
NOTES 



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THIRD WEEK 

Fifth Day 

My friend and neighbor owns a car. One day, he passed me on 
the street, running forty miles per hour. There is a city ordinance 
requiring drivers to slow down to fifteen miles per hour. 

1. What was my duty to my friend? 

2. What was my duty to the city? 

3. Who is the city? 

4. To whom should I have reported, had I done the reporting? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes. This is the second ques- 
tion to bring out duties of officials. Teach this les- 
son, and review.) 

NOTES 



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FOURTH WEEK 

First Day 

A neighbor of mine on the farm, was picking corn on election 
day. When I asked him to accompany me to the polls, he would 
not go, as he said he had no choice between the candidates for Pres- 
ident. 

What do you think of my neighbor's citizenship? 

(Discuss ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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FOURTH WEEK 

Second Day 

When paving a street recently, the city engineer recommended 
a curve in the curb line, owing to a large tree which stood some- 
what out in the street. The city council decided that the tree should 
be cut down and removed, that the curb might be straight. The 
owner of the property then went before the council and asked that 
the tree be permitted to remain, ap.it was a beautiful and valuable 
one. It was especially precious to* him, as he and his mother, now 
dead, had planted it about seventy years before. 

What should you have done had you been the contractor? The 
city engineer? A member of the council? The owner of the prop- 
erty? A neighbor with a similar tree? A neighbor with no similar 
tree? A taxpayer in another part of town? 

NOTES 



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FOURTH WEEK 

Third Day 

A paving repair gang left a pile of gravel along the curb of the 
street after they had finished their work. A man living near cleaned 
up the gravel from the pavement and put it into his children's play 
box back of the house. Another resident of the neighborhood laughed 
at him for doing street cleaning for the doing of which he had paid 
taxes. A third citizen reported to the street department that the 
first man had stolen the gravel. What should you have done, had 
you been the contractor, or foreman of the paving gang? The lot 
owner next the sand pile? The first neighbor? The second? A 
member of the council? A taxpayer in another part of town? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

NOTES 



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23 



FOURTH WEEK 



Fourth Day 



The people of a certain rural neighborhood wanted a consoli- 
dated school. Those living near a small town wanted the building 
at the town, while those further away wanted a rural site chosen. 
For several years these people got along with unsatisfactory one 
room schools because they could not agree on the site. 

1. Had you lived in town, what would have been your at- 

titude? 

2. What, if two miles from town? 

3. What, if five miles from town? 

4. Was a compromise possible? 
If so, what? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 




ROCKWELL SCHOOL 



24 CASE CIVICS 



FOURTH WEEK 
Fifth Day 

A new teacher had come into a room in which the children 
had made the work so hard for the previous teacher that she had 
resigned with ill health. After a week or so, the children saw that 
the new teacher was different from any they had ever had. One 
day a boy said to her: 

Are you a REAL teacher? 

The teacher was taken somewhat aback by the question. 

"Why do you ask that?", she replied, with a question of her 
own. 

"Cause you aren't like other teachers. You see a fellow's side 
of things." 

What do you think of this boy's question? 

What IS a REAL teacher? 

(Discuss ten minutes. Permit no unkind personalities.) 

NOTES 



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FIFTH WEEK 
First Day 

Just opposite a certain house there is the beginning of a di- 
agonal street. People desiring to take the walk along this diagonal 
street, often "cut across" the parking of the above mentioned place, 
until a path has been formed. The grass has been killed out. 

What should these people do? 

What should the owner do? 

What should the city do? 

To whom should the property owner appeal? 

(Discuss ten minutes. The officials responsible for 

streets should be learned in this connection.) 

NOTES 



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FIFTH WEEK 

Second Day 

A man who was smoking a cigar stopped me on the street one 
day and asked me about a school teacher who had come to the city 
schools. He did not like him because he smoked cigars. 

Was the man inconsistent, or not? 

Why do people expect more of teachers than of lawyers or 
doctors in respect to bad habits? 

(Discuss ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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FIFTH WEEK 

Third Day 

A teacher in New England held a daily toothbrush drill. The 
children all lined up each morning at a certain time, and cleaned 
their teeth according to command — Ready! Take brush! Take 
tooth paste, etc! One boy refused to clean his teeth. The teacher 
talked to him about it, and then called on his parents. Still, he 
would not clean his teeth. 

What do you think of him? 

How should you like the tooth brush drill? 

Of what use is it? 

(Discuss ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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FIFTH WEEK 
Fourth Day 

A hoy had the bad and disagreeable habit of wetting his thumb 
with his tongue in turning the leaves of a book. No argument or 
punishment seemed able to break the habit. When free text books 
were adopted in his district, the books being loaned to the pupils, 
taken up at the end of each term and reloaned to someone else, the 
boy decided to quit his disagreeable method of turning leaves. He 
had a hard fight to quit, but he won. 

What do you think of him? 

What do you suppose caused him to reform? 

(Discuss ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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FIFTH WEEK 

Fifth Day 

"Little drops of water, 

Little grains of sand, 
Make the mighty ocean. 

And the pleasant land." 
"Constant dropping wears away stone." 

Memorize the above quotations. 

What lessons do they bring to you? 

Do they have their great importance to you as an individual, 
or to you as a member of society? 

(Discuss ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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SIXTH WEEK 
First Day 

Some Iowa school districts have one director; some have three; 
others have five, a few have seven. 

In which kind do you live? 
Do you prefer it? 

Why is the seven man board unsatisfactory for rural schools? 

(Discuss five to ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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SIXTH WEEK 

Second Day 

The boys of a rural school wanted to have a debate with the 
boys of a nearby town school. The question came up as to whom they 
should write. They knew no one in the town who was connected 
with the school. 

To whom should you have written? 

What county official could have helped them out? 

What officer is usually at the head of a town school? 

(Discuss five to ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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SIXTH AVEEK 

Third Day 

Two cousins were visiting during harvest time, when school 
was out. They both lived in the country. During the afternoon, 
they got to talking about school. 

"My father wanted school to begin the first Monday in Sep- 
tember," said one, "but the directors didn't want it to open till 
Tuesday, because Monday is Labor Day." 

"Why do you say 'directors'?" asked the other lad. "We have 
one director." 

That's queer," replied the first one; "we have three — and a 
secretary and a treasurer, besides." 

In what kind of rural district did each live? 
(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes.) 

NOTES 



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SIXTH WEEK 

Fourth Day 

Two girls were walking along a country road, one Sunday af- 
ternoon. They lived just across the road from one another, but 
were in different townships. They were expecting to drive to town 
the next morning, and the question came up as to which one should 
take her horse and cutter, as the sleighing was good that spring. It 
was the first Sunday in March. 

"Come to think of it," said Mary, "I can't have our horse and 
cutter, for father has to drive to the school house for the annual 
election." 

"Our meeting comes a week from tomorrow," said Ruth, "so 
I can take our horse." 



In what kind of rural district did each live? 
(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes.) 
NOTES 



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SIXTH WEEK 
Fifth Day 

"This is the day for me to get my pay," said a teacher one 
afternoon. "W'ho will go to get it for me?" Several hands went 
up. Finally the teacher said: "I'll let the one go who can tell me 
exactly what he will do." 

There was not one pupil who got it right. 

What should you do, if the teacher let you go to get her 
money? 

In what form would the salary probably be paid? 

(Discuss ten to twelve minutes.) 

NOTES 



CASE CIVICS 35 



SEVENTH WEEK 

First Day 

Three boys got into an argument over the name of their town- 
ship. One of them declared that he had heard his father say that 
they lived in Essex township. Another, whose fathen was a real 
estate salesman, knew he had heard his father refer to the township 
as "Township 9 5, north." The third, whose father was a director 
of the school district, had that morning heard him say there was 
to be an election in the "school township." 

Which one was right? 

What did each have in mind? 

Give name and number of YOUR township. 

(Discuss fifteen to twenty minutes.) 

NOTES 



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SEVENTH WEEK 
Second Day 

Recently a man was seen in the act of stealing a bushel of corn 
from a farmer's crib. The farmer let the thief depart with the 
corn, and not till the next day did he decide what to do. He then 
decided to have the thief arrested. 

To whom should he go first? 

What would that person do? 

What would the farmer do? 

Who would probably arrest the thief in the country? In town? 

(Discuss ten minutes, and follow up next day.) 

NOTES 



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SEVENTH WEEK 

Third Day 

Where would the thief be taken, when arrested? 

What could he demand? 

What would the farmer do? 

If the thief went J;o the Jarmer and offered to pay for the 
corn, should the farmer accept? 

(Discuss ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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SEVENTH WEEK 

Fourth Day 

The justice heard both sides of the case, and decided that the 
man who stole the corn should return it to the crib; should pay 
a fine of $5.00; and should pay the costs. 

What is a fine? 

What do we mean by costs of a case? 

What do we call the meeting at which the justice presided? 

If the farmer should want his son to help with the case, how 
would he get him? 

Who would go for the son? 

What legal paper would he take? 

(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes, follow up next day.) 

NOTES 



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SEVENTH WEEK 

Fifth Day 

Can the son refuse to go to the trial? 

If he refuses, what can the constable do? 

What do we call the man who testifies? 

What do we call the thief when he appears in court? 

What do we call the farmer? 

Give the legal designation of every person connected with the 
trial. 

What would be done with the thief if he were found "not 
guilty." 

(Discuss fifteen minutes, and follow next week.) . 

NOTES 



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MKJHTH WEEK 
First Day 

Could the accused man have any one to help him with his 
case? 

Who would pay the fee? 

What do we mean by fee? 

Give different synonyms for "lawyer." 

Why should a justice or judge be a lawyer, preferably? 

Who is your Justice of the Peace? 

Who are your constables? 

(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes.) 

NOTES 



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EIGHTH WEEK 

Second Day 

A resident of a large city complained that the paving contractor 
working on his street was putting in gravel of a size smaller than 
had been agreed on between city and contractor. The city engineer 
called him a "crank," and the mayor said he was a trouble maker. 
They found the gravel not quite as agreed upon, but very nearly so. 

What do you think of such a man? 

(Discuss ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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EIGHTH WEEK 
Third Day 

A man who was the father of two boys and a girl invited a 
city boy to visit them on the farm. One day, when walking about 
the place, the town lad asked the farmer to help him get through a 
barbed wire fence. 

"Country boys do not ask to be helped through fences," said 
the man; " and neither do soldiers." 

Why was this a good lesson? 

(Discuss seven or eight minutes.) 

NOTES 



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EIGHTH WEEK 

Fourth Day 

One of the pupils in Lone Star school was taken ill, and was 
out of school for several weeks. 

Jack sent him a book. 

May sent him a bouquet. 

Lois sent him a sofa cushion. 

Rollo sent him a bowl of chicken soup which his mother pre- 
pared for him. 

Rose sent him her card. 

Frank wrote him a little note, telling how sorry he was for him. 

Ernest went to see him every other day. 

(Discuss for ten minutes the relative value of these 
sacrifices.) 



NOTES 



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EIGHTH WEEK 

Fifth Pay 

When a new pupil came to school, a timid and bashful child, 
John went to him and asked him to play, but he shook his head. 
Then May tried to lead him to a cozy corner, but he pulled back. 

How should we treat such a pupil? 

Jack said, "Let him alone till he isn't so proud!" 

Was that the trouble? 



(Discuss ten minutes.) 
NOTES 



CASE CIVICS 45 



NINTH WEEK 

First Day 

While a man was speaking to a group of children, one of them 
happened to think of something he wanted to tell. He quickly- 
raised his hand, began to wave it above his head, and snapped his 
fingers loudly. 

What should you have done in his place? 

W T hat should the speaker do? 

What should we learn about such matters? 

(Discuss ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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NINTH WEEK 

Second Day 

A college student was one day puzzling over a difficult 
test problem in Algebra when he chanced to look up and into the 
face of a fellow student. The latter had been watching the former, 
and was ready to show him a figure on a sheet of paper which show- 
ed the first student an error in his work. He changed his figures, 
worked the entire problem through again, and got a perfect mark in 
it. 

What do you think of the first student mentioned? 

The second? 

What should have been done? 

(Discuss ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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NINTH WEEK 
Third Day 

If a man slaps his neighbor in a town or city, who can file 
an information against him? 

What is an information? 

Who writes it? 

Who serves it? 

W T hat is service? 

How is service carried out? 

Who tries the case? 

What may the defendant claim? 

If proved guilty, what will the defendant's probable punisn- 
ment be? 



(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes.) 
NOTES 



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NINTH WEEK 

Fourth Day 

A country boy, upon going to a large city, lost his way. To 
whom should he have applied for help? 

Why should he not ask the first man he meets? 

(Discuss ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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NINTH WEEK 

Fifth Day 

First School 
"Who spilled the water in the hall?" asked the teacher. 
'.'Jack did," replied a boy. 

Second School 
"Who spilled the water in the hall?" asked the teacher. 
"I did," quickly replied Jack. 

(Without previous comment, after reading aloud to 
class, await reactions. Discuss ten minutes.) 

NOTES 



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TENTH WEEK 

First Day 

If you wish to mail a letter, what postage will you pay if it 
weighs less than one ounce? 

If more than an ounce, but not two ounces, what stamp will 
be neccessary? 

If 3 y 2 ounces? If 4 ounces? If 4% ounces? 

Where do we buy stamps? 

Who is responsible for the postmaster? 

Who selects him? 

Whom may he have to help him? 

Who makes the selection of his assistants? 

(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes.) 

NOTES 



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TENTH WEEK 

Second Day 

Excepting for the Assistant postmaster, whom do we find ap- 
pointing the postmaster's assistants? 

Why can he not appoint them? 

How is their fitness determined? 

How long do they hold office? 

(Leads to discussion of Civil Service. However, no 
intensive study is here expected. Discuss fifteen min- 
utes.) 

NOTES 



52 CASE CIVICS 



TENTH WEEK 

Third Day 

Of whom can the farmer buy his stamps? A money order? 

Find out how long your rural route has been in existence. 

Who established it? What for? 

Has it ever been changed? 

What time of day do you get your mail? 

How far does your carrier travel each day? 

Where should a carrier live to have the least possible dis- 
tance to travel? 



(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes.) 
NOTES 



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TENTH WEEK 

Fourth Day 

Two boys got into a dispute about fairs and circuses. One boy 
declared that a fair was run by the government, while a circus 
was a private affair. The other said that both were run by private 
parties. 

Which was right, if either? 

What connection does the city government have with shows? 

Find out who is president, and who is secretary, of your 
county or district fair. 

How is it connected with the government? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

NOTES 



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TENTH WEEK 

Fifth Day 

A city boy agreed that the country was a better place to live 
for the following reasons: 

1. You don't spend so much money. 

2. The country is more healthful. 

3. The work is more pleasant than in town. 

4. There is more to see. 

5. The birds sing better. 

6. There are better things to eat, and more to eat. 

7. The water is better to drink. 

8. There is more chance for fun. 

9. There are more animals. 

10. It isn't so hot in summer. 

(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes.) 
NOTES 



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ELEVENTH WEEK 

First Day 

The farmer went to town to pay his taxes: which town? 

He went to one of the large buildings: which one? 

When he got inside, he looked for what officer? 

If in March, what part of his tax must he pay? 

When can he pay the rest? 

What will happen if he does not pay his tax? 

(These questions are not to be answered from books. 
Have pupils find out at home. Assign one day and 
re-ask the next. Discuss five to ten minutes.) 

NOTES 




THE COURT HOUSE, MASON CITY, IOWA 



56 CASE CIVICS 



ELEVENTH WEEK 
Second Day 

A farmer had a carload of hogs on January first. He shipped 
them to Mason City on January second, and sold them the same 
day. The assessor came around in February, and asked the man 
how many hogs he owned. The man said he had fifteen head, all 
brood sows. 

Find out whether the farmer should pay tax on his carload. 
If nothing were said about the carload of hogs, who is to 
blame that the farmer did not have to pay tax on them? 

If they were assessed, when would the tax be due? 

(Discuss ten to twelve minutes.) 

NOTES 



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ELEVENTH WEEK 

Third Day 

A tax payer was dissatisfied with his assessment. He said his 
hogs were worth only thirty dollars apiece, whereas the assessor 
declared them worth forty dollars, and assessed them at ten dollars 
a head. 

Why did he assess them at ten dollars? 

• Why should the farmer be dissatisfied if he claimed the hogs 
worth thirty dollars, and the assessor listed them at ten? 

To whom should he appeal? 

(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes.) 

NOTES 



58 CASE CIVICS 



ELEVENTH WEEK 

Fourth Day 

Two young men were discussing joining the National Guard. 
One of them said the state furnished rifles and uniforms, but the 
other declared it to be the Federal Government. 

Who was right? 

Where does the National Guard usually drill? 

What can be done with the Guard in time of war? 

What officers does a company of the Guard have? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

NOTES 



CASE CIVICS 59 



ELEVENTH WEEK 

Fifth Day 

When paving the Mason City-Clear Lake highway, the con- 
tractors could not get crushed granite from Sioux Falls, as cars 
were so scarce. The question came up about using Mason City 
gravel. The State Highway Commission gave permission to use 
the gravel, if washed. 

Who is this Commission? 

What roads do they have charge of? 

Who is their county representative? 

(Discuss ten minutes, after answers are verified.) 

NOTES 



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TWELFTH AVEEK 
First Day 

Two boys went to town early in March with their father. Be- 
fore leaving home, the man said to his sons: 

"Boys, I have to pay my taxes; record the deed to the farm I 
bought from Jones; see if the Farmers' National Bank has re- 
leased the mortgage which I paid up last week; get a hunting 
license; see if my land was not taxed higher than it should be; 
ascertain as to whether our road is to be graded and graveled this 
year; and secure a teacher for err school. If you can correctly 
tell me where to go and whom to see, I'll buy each of you a dol- 
lar's worth of whatever, you want most." 

Tell what the boys will have to tell. 

What do you think of this farmer in his attitude toward his 
boys? 

(Discuss fifteen to twenty minutes.) 

NOTES 



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TWELFTH WEEK 
Second Day 

In a lawsuit between Doe and Roe in the District Court, the 
case was known as Doe vs. Roe. 

Which was the plaintiff? 

What was the other? 

Who notified Roe that suit was started, and how much did 
he get for serving the paper? 

Who presided in court? 

Who called for witnesses? 

If the state were involved, who was counsel for the state? 

(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes.) 

NOTES 



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TWELFTH WEEK 
Third Pay 

A twelve year old boy was driving a high power automobile 
through the country. He lost control of the car, ran into a fence, 
went through the fence and killed a valuable calf in the pasture. 
His father had to pay for the fence, for the calf and also a fine. 

Why did the father have to pay? 

What was the fine for? 

(Discuss ten minutes.) 

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TWELFTH WEEK 

Fourth Day 

The duties of many officers have been brought out during this 
term of twelve weeks just closing. Today and tomorrow we want to 
see what you have remembered about some of the township and 
county officers. We shall determine this by asking, "Who is the 
sheriff? Who is the mayor?" etc. 

Who is the city or town mayor? 
Who selected him for his place? 
Who is the councilman? 
Who is the marshall? 
Who is a policeman? 
Who is a constable? 
Who is a Justice of the Peace? 
Who is a school director? 
Who is a school secretary? 
Who hires the teacher in your district? 
Who is the school treasurer? 
Who is the road patrol? 

What do we mean by taxpayer? plaintiff? defendant? wit- 
ness? bailiff? fees? license? 

Name some officers who receive fees, with duty for which 
they may charge a fee. 
Who is a township trustee? 
Who is a township clerk? 

(All questions should be answered in twenty-five 
to thirty miutes. Give major duties only.) 

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TWELFTH AYTSEK 
Fifth Day 

Who is the assessor? 
To whom does he report? 
Who is the County Auditor? 
Who is the County Treasurer? 
Who is the County Recorder? 
Who is the County Engineer? How chosen? 
Who is the County Sheriff? 
Who is the County Superintendent? 
How is he chosen? 
Who is the Clerk of Courts? 
Who is the County Attorney? 
Who is the Court Reporter? 
Who are the County Supervisors? 
How many have we in this county? 

Which one of the present Supervisors represents your dis- 
trict? 
Who is the Coroner? 
What is a Deputy? 

What is a warrant? An information? A lawsuit? A trial? 
A lawyer? A state road? A county road? A township bridge? 

(These questions should be answered promptly in 
thirty minutes — not going into minute detail, of 
course.) 



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CASE CIVICS 65 



THIRTEENTH WEEK 
First Day 

•Where do you live," I asked a bright looking lad on the 
first day of school. 

"I live on the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of 
Section Ten, Range Twenty-two. West, Township Ninety-four 
North." replied the lad, quick as a flash. 

"Step to the board and show me with crayon," I said. 

He did it: could you? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes. Correlate with Arithmetic) 

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THIRTEENTH AVEEK 

Second Day 

"I do not have to come to school," said a boy, one day. 
"Oh yes, you do," said his playmate; "the law requires it." 
"The law does not make anyone go more than two miles in 
his own district, nor more than a mile and a half to his own school 
if there be a school nearer than a mile and a half in another dis- 
trict." 

Who was right? 

What do you think of this law? 

How is the distance measured, across the field, or by the 
road? 



Why' 



(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 
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THIRTEENTH AVEEK 
Third Day 

"There ought to be a law to make people who send children to 
school pay for it, instead of taxing people who have no children to 
send," said a man who was not fond of paying taxes. 

"You could not pass such a law without changing our Iowa 
constitution," said his neighbor. 

Prove that the latter was right. 

Why was this put into the constitution? 

How could the constitution be changed? 

What do we call such change? 

(Discuss fifteen to twenty minutes.) 

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\>urth Day 



"There are lour times as many insane people as feeble minded 
people in Iowa, two times as many bad women and men as bad 
boys; an equal number of bad gins and bad boys; as many epilep- 
tic people as deaf ones, and an equal number of blind ones; and 
as many old soldiers to take care of as there are orphans." 

"How do you know all this?" asked the surprised teacher. 

"Because I counted the State Institutions," replied the lad. 

What do you think of all this? 
(Discuss fifteen to twenty minutes. Correlate with Geography,) 

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THIRTEENTH WEEK 

Fifth Day 

My brother attends the State College of Agriculture; my sister, 
the State Teachers' College; my blind cousin is in the school for the 
blind; and our neighbor's boy attends the State University. If I 
write to my sister, who sends the letter on to our cousin, who then 
sends it to my brother, who remails it to my friend, how many 
stamps will be required for the whole trip? If my sister should not 
open it at all, but should send it on without reading it, should she 
have to pay postage? 

Trace the route of the letter on an Iowa map. 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

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FOURTEENTH WEEK 

First Day 

A neighbor of my family wanted to fence his lot in such a way 
as to fence off a small part of our lot, rendering it inaccessible to 
us. We asked him not to do this, but he persisted. We secured 
what is called an "injunction" to prevent his action. 

Who grants an injunction? 

What is it? 

Supposing a man should not heed the injunction? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

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FOURTEENTH WEEK 



Second Day 



At one time, being desirous of going to town to work, I applied 
to the postmaster in town for a position. He replied that all posi- 
tions were filled through the Civil Service, and that if I passed the 
examination, he could not give me a position, if it were left to him, 
as courtesy would demand his appointment of a resident of the 
city. 

What did he mean? 

Would it now be left to him to appoint in the Civil Service? 

Who gets the appointment? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

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FOURTEENTH WEEK 
Third Day 

"An anarchist thinks we should have no government," said a 
school boy. 

"So does a socialist," put in his schoolmate. 

"You are both wrong," argued a third. 

"A socialist believes in still more governmental power than 
any existing government possesses," went on a fourth lad. 

If left to you to decide, which should you say was nearest 
right? 



Was anyone entirely wrong? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 
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CASE CIVICS 73 



FOURTEENTH WEEK 
Fourth Day 

"I wish some judge would make a law against shooting quails," 
burst out a boy who loved birds. 

"Humph, judges don't make laws; they are made by the gov- 
ernor or president," said his classmate. 

"Ha, Ha!" laughed a third lad; "you fellows have something to 
learn about law making," and he ran to tell his teacher what a 
joke he had on his friends. 

What was the joke? 

Who does make laws? 

(Discuss long enough to develop three Departments of Government") 

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FOURTEENTH WEEK 

Fifth Day 

"I'll bet I know how many Senators Iowa has," challenged 
James. 

"How many?" asked Fred. 

"Well you take the number of her counties, and divide by 
nine; that gives the number of her Representatives; then you sub- 
tract the number of Governors she has, and also take off the number 
of Secretaries of State, dividing this by the smallest number of 
County Supervisors a county may have, minus the number of County 
Auditors, we find the number of Senators." 



Can you do it? 

(Ten Minutes.) 
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CASE CIVICS 75 



FIFTEENTH WEEK 
First Day 

Two men were discussing the senators from their state, when 
one of them referred to Senator Brown as the "Senior Senator." 

"Why do you call Brown the "Senior?" asked the 
other man; "he is a much younger man than Senator Smith." 
What was the answer? 



(Discuss five or six minutes.) 
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FIFTEENTH WEEK 

Second Day 

Over what railroads would you probably travel if you were — 

1. The sheriff, taking a prisoner to the nearest state peniten- 

tiary? 

2. The County Nurse, taking an orphan child to the State 

Orphan's Home? 

3. The Deputy Sheriff taking an insane patient to the nearest 

hospital for the insane. 

4. A friend, taking a veteran of the Civil War to our Sol- 

diers' Home? 

5. A Constable, taking a girl to the Girls' Industrial school? 

6. A health officer, taking a child to the school for the deaf? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 
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FIFTEENTH WEEK 

Third Day 

During a recent epidemic, the whole state was put under 
"quarantine." 

What does the term mean? 

Does it vary in strictness? 

Name some diseases which are closely quarantined. 

Name some which are loosely quarantined. 

Who put the state under quarantine? 

Some cities were quarantined by local authorities; who 
were they? 

Who has authority to quarantine a rural township? 

(Discuss fifteen to twenty minutes.) 

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1 ITTEENTH WEEK 
Fourth Day 

After the State Legislature had voted to establish an institution 
for the treatment of epileptic patients, a great discussion occurred 
as to where the institution should be located. 

What board had to decide? 

How many members has it? 

Where is its office? 

Find who are now the members, if possible. 

Do this board's duties end with the placing of the institu- 
tion? 

What other institutions does the board control? 

(Discuss twenty minutes.) 

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FIFTEENTH WEEK 

Fifth Day 

The board which controls the State educational institutions 
some years since decided to make certain reforms in the four schools 
The faculty, friends, students, and graduates of one of the schools 
made a nation-wide remonstrance, but the board decided to go ahead 
with the changes. The matter hung fire until the following winter, 
when a check was brought to the reforms by the General Assembly. 

Who is this Board? 

How many members has it? 

How could the General Assembly check its action? Should 
it do so? 



(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 
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SIXTEENTH WEEK 

First Day 

One of our leading merchants was recently arrested for using 
a measure for selling beans by the quart which was badly dented at 
the bottom. 

Why? 

Who has authority to arrest such a merchant, or have him 
arrested? 

How does he get his position? 

Where is his office? 

See if you can find other duties of his position? 

Why was such an officer necessary? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

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SIXTEENTH WEEK 

Second Day 

In an Iowa city there is a man who occasionally buys milk 
from milk wagons, tests it, finds it lacking in "butter fat" and 
arrests the milkman who is guilty. 

Who is this man? 

Does he have other duties? 

Under what State official does he serve? 

Who appoints him to office? 

Why is such an officer necessary? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

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SIXTEENTH WEEK 
Third Day 

I'd rather be a bank president than Governor of Iowa," said 
a boy in our school. 

"Why?" naturally asked his friend. 

"Because he gets a better salary," was the reply. 

Which had you rather be? Why? 

What is the Governor's salary? 

Does any other State official get a better salary? 

Why do men like to become State officers? 

(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes.) 

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SIXTEENTH WEEK 
Fourth Day 

Put an outline map of Iowa (furnished from the County Sup- 
erintendent's office) on the wall. 

"Children, we secured this map from the County Superintend- 
ent. Who pays for it? If our director should buy it, who would 
pay? 

Place on the map the name of your county. 

"What is the source of this county name?" 
"What other counties have a similarly derived name?" 

(Discuss ten minutes. This map exercise will be continued for sev- 
eral days.) 

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SIXTEENTH WEEK 

Tilth Day 

Continue map exercise. 

Name and place name correctly on neighboring counties. 

If possible, trace name of neighbors to sources. Do not jump 
to hasty conclusions and do not state theories as facts. For instance, 
Marshall county was not named for Chief Justice John Marshall, 
while Jones county may or may not have been named for John Paul 
Jones, the Revolutionary hero. 

Locate and place county seats. 

Name some officers to be found in each. 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

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CASE CIVICS 85 



SEVENTEENTH WEEK 
First Day 

Continue map exercise. 
Locate the State capital. 

What building will be found in every state capital? 
How do we spell the word capitol? 
Why the difference in spelling? 

Name some officials who may be found in this building. 
Name some officials who will have offices there but will prob- 
ably spend most of their time on the road, out over the State? 
(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes.) 
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SEVENTEENTH WEEK 

Second Day 

Continue map exercise. 
Locate the State Institutions. 
What is each for? 

Under whose control is the State Teachers' College? etc. 
(Give twenty minutes to this exercise.) 
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SEVENTEENTH WEEK 
Third Day 

Continue map work. 

Today, children, we wish to place on the map names of large 
cities which have the commission form of government. 

What is the commission form? 

How are the commissioners chosen? 

For how long do they serve? 

How do they usually divide the duties among themselves? 

How do these so called large cities compare in size with large 
cities in Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Massa- 
chusetts? 

(Discuss fifteen to twenty minutes.) 

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SEVENTEENTH WEEK 

Fourth Pay 

"My father has just joined the Farm Improvement Association," 
said John to his teacher. 

"What is that?" asked the teacher. 

Can you answer for John? 

Who is the President of your County Farm Improvement 
Club? 

Who is its Secretary? 

Do you know of anything the Association has done in your 
County? 

Who is your County Agent? 

What does he do for the County? 

Are there any other employed officers? What? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

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SEVENTEENTH WEEK 

Fifth Day 

In a certain neighborhood there is a farm which was worth, 
in 1860, $2.50 per acre. It was bought at that figure by a New- 
York man. In 18 70, without ever having been plowed, without 
a fence, house, or barn, it was worth $10 per acre. In 1890, just 
as it had always stood, it was worth thirty dollars per acre. By 1900 
it had increased in value to about fifty dollars. In 1918, the New 
York man died, and his children sold the farm for one hundred 
dollars an acre. It was still virgin prairie, without a building, a 
piece of tile, or a plowed field. 

What made it increase in price? 

Who should have the increase? Why? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

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EIGHTEENTH WEEK 
First Day 

A farmer whom I know is a member of the following societies, 
boards, or clubs: the Rural Telephone Company; a Country Club 
which meets every two weeks; the Equity Union; the school board; 
the rural church; the County Fair Association; the County Farm 
Improvement Association; the County Farmer's Mutual Insurance 
Co.; a good roads club; the Sunday School; and a family annual 
reunion known as "The Brotherly Browns." 

How does one get membership in each of such organizations? 

(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes.) 

NOTES 



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EIGHTEENTH WEEK 
Second Day 

Two farmers living in a very hilly country, well wooded, had 
bought their farms at a low price in an early day. One immediately 
"cleared off" the timber, sold it for $1 a cord, burned the brush, and 
"grubbed" the stumps. He paid for his farm in two years. By 
the end of ten years, his land was all under the plow, but by the 
end of fifteen years, it was worth little more than the buildings he 
possessed. The other man cleared the valleys and hill-tops, but left 
the side hills wooded; while it took him ten years to pay for his 
farm, at the end of fifteen years it had quadrupled in value, with- 
out considering the buildings. 

(Discuss these matters ten to fifteen minutes.) 

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eighteenth week 



Third Day 



Some time ago, a superintendent of schools told me that he had 
planted, the previous spring, a lot of flowers in the school yard. 
When he came back in the fall, the whole yard was grown up to 
weeds. 

"I'll never try to do anything of the sort again here," he said. 

Was he right? 

Is there anything to do besides give up in despair? 

Whose business is it to keep public property beautiful and 
attractive? 

Do you do your share? 

(Discuss ten to fifteen minutes?) 

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CASE CIVICS 93 



EIGHTEENTH WEEK 

Fourth Day 

Children, today we shall see who our neighbor States are, in 
a way similar to our finding our neighbor counties. I secured this 
outline map of the United States from our County Superintendent. 

Why should HE be interested in OUR having a U. S. map? 

Is there any way we can pay him back for it? 

Locate Iowa. 

In what part do we live? 

What neighbor State is nearest us here at this point? 

How did this State get its name? 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

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EIGHTEENTH WEEK 

Fifth Day 

Continue map exercise. 

Take the pointer, name and locate our neighbor States. 

Do you have any relatives in any of them? Where? 

Point to the state where you were born if not in Iowa. 

Point to the State where your father was born; your mother; 
your grandfather; grandmother. 

Find the capital of each State; what officers might we find 
there? 

Will the officers be exactly the same as in Iowa? 

Find a large city and tell why it developed so well. 

(Discuss fifteen minutes.) 

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